1993: Credit Lyonnais bank handles sale of Adidas, in which Bernard Tapie is a majority stakeholder

1993-2007: Court battle drags on as Mr Tapie claims Credit Lyonnais undervalued the sale and that he was cheated following the winding-up of the once publicly-owned bank

2007: Mr Tapie, a former Socialist, switches to support Nicolas Sarkozy in the presidential election. Ms Lagarde, Mr Sarkozy’s finance minister, intervenes in the Tapie case to order binding arbitration

[T]he Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution posed *two* questions: “Which country is the center of machinations against the Iranian nation? Who are the enemies of our nation?”

Ayatollah Khamenei stated: “The main center for designing machinations against the Iranian nation is America [The World Tyrant] and today after the passage of 34 years, whenever the word

‘enemy’ is mentioned, the Iranian nation quickly thinks of America.”

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution referred to the enemies of the Iranian nation and reiterated: “Apart from America [The World Tyrant], which is the *archenemy* of Iran and the center of machinations, there are other enemies, including the evil [poodle] English government, which does not enjoy independence and plays a complementary role as the follower of the American [World Tyrant] government.”

Ayatollah Khamenei also referred to the French government and added: “The Islamic Republic of Iran has not had problems with the French government and people, but the French government has adopted a policy of clear enmity towards to the Iranian nation in the recent years, particularly since the time of Sarkozy, and this wrong policy is still being pursued, which is unwise.”

Referring to the Zionist regime [puppet Israel], His Eminence stated: “The usurping Zionist regime [puppet Israel] is too small to be considered among the first row of the enemies of the Iranian nation.”

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution touched on the [puppet] Israeli threats of a military invasion against Iran and stressed: “If they make any such move, the Islamic Republic of Iran will raze Tel Aviv and Haifa to the ground.”

Ayatollah Khamenei reiterated: “The Americans [World Tyrant ubermenschen] constantly refer to these few enemies of the Iranian nation as

‘the global community’. This is while the global community is not at all determined to be hostile towards the Iranians and Islamic Iran.”

Having mentioned the true enemies of the Iranian nation, Ayatollah Khamenei explained their hostile actions throughout the year 1391 [2012] and added: “Despite their claims of friendship with the Iranian nation, the Americans [World Tyrant ubermenschen] started imposing harsh and widespread oil and banking sanctions on Iran and they insist that they should not be considered enemies in spite of these hostile actions.”

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution said that the current policy that America [The World Tyrant] is pursuing is in line with the policy of extending an iron fist that is covered with a velvet glove. “In spite of these deceptive moves, they started a *well-planned* initiative and they expected that after a few months, the Iranian nation would give in to their bullying and put an end to its growing scientific activities. However, what happened was contrary to the will and predictions of the ill-wishers.”

Ayatollah Khamenei said that American officials [World Tyrant ubermenschen] are happy about the effect that sanctions have had on Iran, adding: “The sanctions have had an effect, but they have *not* had the effect that they were after.”

His Eminence reiterated: “If the sanctions have been effective, it is because our economy is dependent on oil and for this reason, *an economy that is free from oil* should be among the main plans and priorities of the next government.”

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution stressed: “Seventeen, eighteen years ago, I told the government of that time and its officials that they should act in a way that we could shut down our oil wells whenever we wanted to. The so-called

‘technocrats’ smiled in disbelief and said it was not possible.”

Ayatollah Khamenei stated: “Building an economy that is free from oil *is* possible, but it requires appropriate planning and implementation.”

Having explained the hostile actions of the enemies on the economic front in the year 1391 [2012], His Eminence referred to the enemies’ efforts on the political front and added: “One of the measures that were adopted on the political front by the ill-wishers of the Iranian nation was their efforts to isolate the Islamic Republic. However, the summit of the Non-Aligned Movement in Tehran — which was attended by leaders and high-ranking officials of the Non-Aligned Movement, who praised Iran for its amazing scientific, technological and economic advances– foiled the enemies’ plot.”

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Ayatollah Khamenei referred to certain advances and achievements that were made under sanctions in the year 1391 [2012], further adding: “Discovering new sources of oil and uranium, building and developing power plants and refineries, adopting measures relating to infrastructure in the area of building roads and developing the energy sector, accomplishing important scientific and technological achievements including the launching of the Nahid satellite and the Pishgam explorer which was carrying living creatures, building an advanced fighter jet, producing important and new pharmaceuticals, achieving the highest rank in the region in the area of nanotechnology, making outstanding achievements in scientific areas, *increased rate* of scientific progress, increased number of university students in the country and scientific achievements in area of stem cell research, new sources of energy and nuclear technology are among the amazing advances that Iranian youth and scientists achieved in a year in which the Iranian nation was supposed to be crippled by the sanctions.”

His Eminence stressed: “The great lesson that the achievements and victories of the year 1391 [2012] contain is that *a vibrant nation will never be brought to its knees* as a result of its enemy’s sanctions, pressure and harsh measures.”

Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the economic weaknesses of the country in the year 1391 [2012] and added: “Dependence of the country on oil, disregarding *large-scale economic policies* of the country and being tangled up in daily policies are among the weaknesses that our government officials –particularly officials of the next government– should pay attention to and they should know that the country must have large-scale economic policies that are *clear, well-planned and well-organized*.”

Having presented a large-scale evaluation of the conditions of the country in the year 1391 [2012], Ayatollah Khamenei highlighted the importance of trying to predict the enemy’s next move and preparing plans to counter it, further adding: “The young Iranian scientists’ move to produce twenty-percent enriched uranium to be used in the Tehran research reactor for the purpose of producing radiopharmaceuticals is one example of such *intelligent proactive measures* which should be adopted in the case of *all essential issues* of the country.”

His Eminence said that adopting proactive measures in scientific areas is the great moral and rational responsibility of all Iranian governments, industrialists, farmers, capitalists, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientific and industrial designers, university professors, economic managers and science and technology parks. He further stressed: “It is *everybody’s* responsibility to make the country resistant and impervious to the enemies’ efforts.”

The Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution reiterated: “This is one of the requirements of *an economy of resistance*.”

A deadly fighting was reported in northern Badakhshan province on Friday.

Mujahideen officials [of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan] said the fight flared up in Wardaj district of the province…[and] went on throughout the day, ending up killing as many as 49 policemen including their officers and wounding several dozen of the enemy troops….

Mujahideen seized some 57 heavy and light machineguns including Kalashnikov rifles, rockets and a large amount of ammo and 2 ranger vehicles from the possession of the enemy amid fighting,

whereas a number of the enemy

’s vehicles are said to have been destroyed in Friday’s fighting.

The [puppet] Kabul regime falsely claims the martyrdom of 40 Mujahideen in the airstrikes aimed [at the] fighting, which are nothing but spurious and groundless propaganda; and hence is strongly rejected.

All that Mujahideen suffered was the injuries sustained by three of the Mujahideen combatants during the fighting.